Deflector for elevating graders.



W. H. MORENUS V DEFLEGTOR FOR ELEVATING GBADERS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11, 1903.

903,155; I Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

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DEFLEOTOB FOR ELEVATING GRADERS.

APPLIOATION rum) JAN.'11, 190a.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

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TINTTED STATES PATENT CFFTQE.

WILLIAM H. MORENUS, OF LAKE VIEW, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO AUSTIN MANUFACTURING COM- PANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

DEFLECTORZFOR ELEVATING GRADERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Original application filed August 2, 1907, Serial No. 386,713. Divided and this application filed January 11, 1908.

Serial No. 410,362.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. Monu- NUS, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Lake View, Sac county, Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Deflectors for Elevating Graders, of which the following is a specification.

This is a division of my prior application Number 386,713, filed August 2, 1907, for improvement in deflectors for ditching and grading machines, wherein I have claimed my invention broadly.

In the present application, I have dis closed and claimed an improved form of the deflector, in which the same is adjustably supported on the upper end of the elevator of a ditching and grading machine, and held in position by a yoke which can be ad justed back and forth to vary the angle or position of the deflector, whereby the soil can be discharged in diflerent directions, and at a varying distance from the plow by adjusting the yoke and deflector to diflerent positions, according to requirements, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upper end of the elevator of an elevating grader, or of a ditching and grading machine, showing the same equipped with a deflector embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the structure and devices shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, illustrating another form of my invention. Fig. 4c is a perspective of the yoke, shown in Fig. 1.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, the elevator A may be of any suitable known or approved construction. As illustrated, said elevator comprises a frame or body a, provided with a traveling belt or conveyer a which latter runs over an upper roller or rotatable member a Said rotatable member is mounted upon a shaft or journal which is supported in bearings a as shown in the drawings. The deflector B is disposed in position to receive the soil from the upper end of the elevator, and to throw the same downwardly and inwardly, thus causing the soil to discharge under the elevator. A yoke 6 holds the upper end of the deflector in position, and the arms serve to support the said deflector. The arms 6 are provided with bolt openings 6 and the frame of the elevator is provided with bolt openings 6 A pivot b serves to swingingly support the deflector on the arms 6 in the manner shown. Pivots b are adapted to engage the bolt openings 6 and to thereby adjustably secure the arms 6 on the elevator. It will be seen that these arms 6 rest upon the bearings a of the elevator structure. Pivots b are employed for swingingly securing the yoke b to the arms 6 these pivots being adapted to engage in one of the bolt openings 6 thus providing for relative adjustment between the yoke and the arms for the purpose of properly positioning the deflector. Said deflector is easily applied and removed, and serves to effectually turn the soil back under the elevator.

In Fig. 3, the elevator A has the usual frame a, and the belt a together with the roller or rotary member a and the bearings a as previously described. In this case, however, the deflector C is disposed in position to receive the soil from the upper end of the elevator, and to deliver the same outwardly and away from the elevator. The yoke c is adapted to hold the outer or lower end of the deflector in position, and the arms 0 support the inner or upper end of the deflector. The said arms have bolt openings 0 and the side portions of the elevator frame are provided with bolt openings 0 Pivots 0* are employed for swingingly securing the deflector on the said arms. The pivots c are applied for swingingly mounting the arms 0 in the bolt openings 0 whereby said arms can be adjusted to different positions on the elevator. It will be seen that said arms rest upon the bearings a as in the previous construction. Pivots c are employed for swingingly securing the yoke 0 in place on said arms, and are adapted to engage the bolt openings 0 In this way the said yoke can be adjusted along the said arms, in order to change the position of the deflector. In operation the said deflector catches the soil and discharges the same outwardly and away from the elevator. A deflector thus constructed is easily applied and removed, and serves for effectually discharging the soil from the upper end of the elevator.

It will be seen that the deflector is mounted upon and carried by the outer end of the elevator frame,- so that movement or adjustment of the elevator does not change its relation to said deflector, as the deflector moves with the elevator, the deflector being supported entirely by the frame of the elevator.

. What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a ditching and grading machine, a suitable elevator, a pair of arms secured to the frame of the elevator, a deflector mounted upon said arms, and a yoke adjustable on said arms and applied for holding. the deflector in position.

' 2. In a ditching and grading machine, an elevator having hubs at its upper end, a pair of arms pivoted to the frame of the elevator and resting upon said hubs, a deflector pivoted on said arms, and a yoke pivoted on said arms and applied for holding the deflector in position.

3. In a ditching and grading machine, a suitable elevator, a pair of arms carried thereby, a deflector carried by said arms, a yoke carried by said arms and applied for holding the deflector in position to discharge the soil outwardly and away from the machine.

l. The improved deflector for the upper end of the elevator of an elevating grader, or of a ditching and grading machine, and in combination with the arms and yoke for ad justably supporting the same in position to receive the soil from the endless traveling belt of said elevator, substantially as shown and described.

5. A ditching and grading machine provided with an elevator, a pair of arms pivoted on the side of the frame thereof and restin on the bearings of the upper end of said e evator, a deflector pivoted upon and between'said arms, and a yoke supported on said arms and embracing the deflectorto hold the same in position.

6. A ditching and grading machine provided with anelevator, a pair of arms supported upon and embracing the upper end of said elevator, a deflector pivoted upon and between the outer ends of said arms, and a yoke supported on said arms and embracing the deflector to hold the same in position.

7. A ditching and grading machine provided. "with an elevator, a pair of arms adjustably supported upon and embracing the upper end of said elevator, a deflector pivoted upon and between the outer ends of said arms, and a yoke adjustably supported on said arms and embracing the deflector to hold the same in position. 7

8. The combination, with the belt conveyer of a ditching and grading machine, of a deflector for the discharging end of said elevator, carried upon the frame thereof, and a yoke for holding the said deflector in position to discharge the so1l1n a dlrection transverse of the line of travel of sa1d machine.

9. The combination, with the belt conveyervator, pivoted upon and carried by the frame thereof, and an adjustable yoke for holding the said deflector in position to discharge the soil in a direction transverse of the lineof travel of said machine.

Signed by me at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, this 18th day of December 1907.

WILLIAM H. MORENUS. l/Vitnesses:

SARAH Lnwrs, V ALBERT J OHN' SAUSER. 

